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Página 77 Edited, with a scrupulous Revision of the Text, but without Note or Comment, by
Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke. With an Introductory Essay and Copious
Glossary. In Four Handsome Library 8vo Volumes, elegantly printed on tonedpaper, ...

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Procura do Utilizador - hopeevey - LibraryThing

This is my first exposure to Dante's writing. I was looking for poetry by a different author when I came across this translation. When I saw the narrator, I decided it was time to read/hear some Dante ...Ler crítica na íntegra

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Procura do Utilizador - antao - LibraryThing

What I love about Dante is how he doesn't invoke the Muses, unlike Homer, or Virgil, and that he goes straight to the heart of the matter, and straight in to the poem, i.e. "In the midway of this our ...Ler crítica na íntegra

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